Archive for July, 2011

{raw recipe} lettuce soup

Posted on July 25th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Ladies and gentlemen, the soup of the day! Lettuce. Lettuce? Lettuce. Hmn. But lettuce first get back to where it all started… Our community garden is exploding with life and heavy with ripe veggies. When you walk through it, you feel like you have green-tinted glasses on. Now that we’re back home from NM, I went […]



home boy

Posted on July 24th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  7 Comments »

Yesterday, with some tears and a bit of sadness, we took Caleb home to New Mexico. Only a bit of sadness, though. Because Caleb is coming to live with us. For some reason this boy has chosen to spend the next part of his life with his dad, his sister, and the funny red headed […]



friday {this moment}

Posted on July 22nd, 2011 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on friday {this moment}

“Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” -George Eliot

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pointillism skirt

Posted on July 21st, 2011 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on pointillism skirt

To celebrate all the rain we’ve had this July, I made a new skirt for Zia. I loved this fabric the moment I saw it. It’s a spin off Georges Seurat’s famous pointillist painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. I’m not sure just how dry these umbrellas will actually keep my rain […]

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happy birthday mimi

Posted on July 20th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Today is my Mama’s birthday. That’s her (on the right) with her sister Trishy. This was taken last year at Mama and Papa’s house in NY. Here she is in April with “just a few” of her kids. She’s such a good mother, and I feel like I’ve been able to be a better mama […]